The longer I live, the more I am enabled to realize that I have but one life to live on Earth, and that this one life is but a brief life, for sowing, in comparison with eternity, for reaping.
George MullerRead
A child rightly trained may be a world-wide blessing, with an influence reaching onward to eternal years. But a neglected or misdirected directed child may live to blight and blast mankind, and leave influences of evil which shall roll on in increasing volume till they plunge into the gulf of eternal perdition.
Interpretation
Proper training of a child can have a profound positive impact on the world, while neglect can lead to destructive consequences.
This quote by George Muller emphasizes the critical importance of education and guidance in a child's development. It suggests that a well-trained child can grow into a contributing member of society, positively influencing generations, while a child who is neglected or misguided may cause harm and perpetuate negativity, affecting the world in an increasingly detrimental way.
In practice
During a speech at a parenting seminar.
The longer I live, the more I am enabled to realize that I have but one life to live on Earth, and that this one life is but a brief life, for sowing, in comparison with eternity, for reaping.
The less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray.
The Lord never lays more on us, in the way of chastisement, than our state of heart makes needful; so that whilst He smites with the one hand, He supports with the other.
I desire many things concerning myself; but I desire nothing so much, as to have a heart filled with love to the Lord. I long for a warm personal attachment to Him.
The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts.
If honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred the counsel of my fellow-men to the declarations of the Word of God, I made great mistakes.
You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.
I don't think that everyone should become a mathematician, but I do believe that many students don't give mathematics a real chance.
Education isn't something you can finish
Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach.
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